Challenges in managing an ossified free flap arterial pedicle: a case report
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- 29 March 2023
- journal article
- Published by Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons in Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery
- Vol. 6 (1) , 1-4
Abstract
The authors describe a difficult case of symptomatic pedicle ossification in a fibular free flap reconstruction of the head and neck region.Keywords
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